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Augsburg College
Holiday gift guide,
page 8
The College's Student-Produced Newspaper
Martha Marcy May Marlene,
page 7
Friday, December 9, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Volume CXV1II, Issue 10
No Hate Night
Lia Jacobson
StaffWriter
At MPIRG's "No Hate
Night," students sat in chairs and
couches gathered around the TV
in Christensen's student lounge.
Among the popcorn stand and lit
TV screen, people gathered to acknowledge a serious issue. It was
a night to discuss bullying, a topic
that many people find difficult to
address.
The event was organized by
MPIRG's Social Equity Group,
which is concerned with establishing social equality. The event
was organized with LGBTQIA
students in mind.
The students watched Bullied:
A Teaching Tolerance Documentary. It told the story of Jamie
Nabozny, a man who was relentlessly harassed and bullied for
being gay throughout junior high
and high school. After coming
out to his parents when he was a
young boy, he attended school in
Ashland, Wisconsin as openly gay,
only to be bullied to the point of
severe physical injury. Throughout
his time in school, he confronted
three members of his school's
administration, only to have his
bullies forgiven by his principal on
the terms that "boys will be boys."
After running away from
home twice and almost committing suicide, Nabozny sought the
help o( Lambda Legal Defense, a
law firm dedicated to protecting
the rights of LGBTQIA individuals across the country. Nabozny
successfully sued the school systems for $900,000 in 1996. The
school employees who ignored
his plight were convicted and
sentenced to terms in prison. His
victory led the way for a growing
movement working to improve the
counseling and protection for LGBTQIA children within American
schools.
After watching the documen-
Racial discrimination
on Augsburg's campus
Promise Okeke
StaffWriter
Racial discrimination on
campus has been an unpopular
topic here at Augsburg, but recent
developments have revealed that
"foul action" still creeps within
the boundaries of the college.
During the last meeting of
the Pan-Afrikan Student Union
(PASU) on December 5, students'
stories of discriminatory experiences were the big deal.
Lucreshia Grant, an alumnus
of the college confirmed this as
she told her own story. Grant had a
white friend of hers who was going
to sleep in the same room with her
before traveling to Mexico. When
her friend asked that they help
out two white friends by allowing
them Inside, she declined because
she was not in the position to do
so. The result? She was punched
in the face by her friend.
Grant said that when DPS
came to the scene, they started
accusing her of beating her friend
up, while the actual story was the
reverse of what DPS had accused
her of. "They asked me what I did
to provoke her." Grant was furious
with the question. She said "that
should not be a question to a victim." After DPS learned that the
friend was actually the instigator
of the squabble, they concluded
no one was wrong.
To Grant DPS officers have
never treated her with equality.
"This is not the-first time this has
happened to me. It was a repeat of
how they treated me in my freshman year." Grant alleges.
Grant had approached a girl
on her floor who she thought was
racist, and after some exchange of
words the girl became violent and
threatened to strike Grant with a
bottle. When DPS came to the
scene the girl had threatened to
kill Grant, but even after hearing of
it DPS still asked Grant the same
annoying question: "What did you
do to provoke her?"
Grant said, "If I was the one
that was found on the wrong end,
the college authorities could have
sent me packing."
"My officers are not racists,"
said Jesse Cashman, director of
DPS. "They make decisions based
on the information they received.
I am sorry if there are people
who think they do." Cashman has
headed DPS for only three months.
"Though I am new here and cannot verify these claims, I know
that my workers are graduates of
this college and are already used
to the mixed community here at
Augsburg."
Another black student shed
more light to racial discrimination
at Augsburg when he talked about
a professor who would always
ask him to tell the class the black
view of the particular subject in a
discussion. This black student said,
"I sent an email to him, telling him
how I felt about the way he treated
me in class. After some weeks 1
met him in the hallway, and he told
me he was actually a racist and had
been struggling with it for a long
time."
D'Angelo York, a student
here at Augsburg strengthened
the claim by sharing his own
experience. He had invited some
white friends over to his room
in Mortensen. After his friends
had consumed alcohol, they had
a an argument and a fight broke
between them. He tried separating
them.
Racial discrimination at Augsburg
continues on page 2 ►
tary, Augsburg students discussed
their own experiences with bullying. One student described confronting his own bully and asking
about the reasons he was targeted
as a victim. Another student shared
about the impact being a victim
of bullying had on him and how it
continued on through high school
just as it did with Jamie Nabozny.
Bullying and harassment of
photo b\ Lia Jacobs
LGBTQIA students within public and private schools is still a
prominent issue. Though more
schools than ever are providing
the counseling resources necessary
to combat such behavior among
pupils, there is still improvement
to be made, and progression is
achieved through the success of
cases such as Nabozny's.
Augsburg Feminist Collective
prepares for eventful year
Kathleen Watson
A&E Editor
Some people may hear the
word "feminist" and shudder;
other people may have a set of
preconceived notions about what
a feminist actually is. The other
f-word, feminism, has unnecessarily become taboo or troublesome in our current society. One
assumption is that all feminists are
bra-burning, man-hating, sexually
deviant women who are out to take
over the world.
But the true faces of feminism
are far more varied than those
stereotypes, and the Augsburg
Feminist Collective provides an
environment where people of all
backgrounds (regardless of gender,
race, religion, or political opinions) can discuss what feminism
means in our modern society.
The Augsburg Feminist Collective met last Thursday in the
Women's Resource Center. (Never
been there? Go to the second floor
of Sverdrup for free condoms,
pregnancy tests, tea, and more
information.) At this first meeting,
the group discussed its purpose
and goals for the year.
The group strives to create a
welcoming and inclusive environment to discuss issues pertaining
to gender, sexuality, and feminism. The group wants to foster
a community that is able to have
thoughtful conversations about
a variety of issues, including the
changing face of feminism. The
group decided to continue to use
the name Feminist Collective,
regardless of some of the negative
reactions to the word "feminist."
One common belief of the group
is that the word feminism needs to
be normalized in order to remove
feminism's negative connotations.
In other words, feminists should
be proud to identify as feminists
and should strive to create a more
public understanding of the feminist movement.
The meeting provided attendees with the opportunity to make
connections to others who may be
interested in forming discussion
groups that focus on pertinent
topics. Lily Morris and Kathleen
Watson will be holding an informal
discussion group over the winter
break in order to read and discuss
The Ethical Slut, which discusses
consensual non-monogamy as a
lifestyle. Anyone is welcome to
participate! If you are interested
in joining these conversations,
email morrisl@augsburg.edu or
watson3@augsburg.edu for more
information.
One issue discussed by the
Feminist Collective was the annual performance of Eve Ensler's
Vagina Monologues. The group
decided that the group's traditional
performance would take a different
shape this year. One goal of this
year's production will be to open
the project up to people of all genders and orientations. In order to
do so, the new performance project
will combine the works of feminist
performance artists with pieces
written by Augsburg students.
There will be a planning
meeting on Monday, December
12 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the
Women's Resource Center. If you
are interested in helping out in any
way, drop in for part of that time.
Anyone is welcome to bring ideas
to the planning session. Also,
if you have any questions about
the performance project this year,
please email watson3@augsburg.
edu.
Interested in becoming involved with the Feminist Collective? Join the group "Augsburg
Feminists" on Facebook!
Upcoming
Augsburg
71 Events
Monday, December 12
Late Night Breakfast
10:00p.m.- ll:30p.m.
Cafeteria
Please bring your Student ID
Tuesday, December 13
Free Yoga Class
12:00p.m.- 1:00p.m.
Wrestling Room,
Kennedy Center
Thursday, December IS
2011 Fine Arts Keystone
Presentation:
"Food For Thought...Community,
Connection, Support."
6:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m.
Basement.
Old Main
Food For Thought, a series of
visual arts and performance pieces
created by graduating seniors from
the Film, Music, Studio Arts and
Theatre departments, is based on
research on the famine in Somalia
that students conducted fall
semester.
Working in partnership with the
American Refugee Committee
(ARC) through a series of
presenters, interviews, online
articles, and films, students
compiled research and created
discipline specific work that
reflects their interpretations of the
famine.
Athletics
Saturday, December 10
Wrestling: Augsburg at St. Cloud
State Open, 9:00 a.m.
Wrestling: Augsburg White Team
at Wartburg (Iowa) Dick Walker
Invitational, 9:00 a.m.
Women's Hockey: Augsburg vs.
St. Benedict at Delano. Minn.,
1:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball: Augsburg vs.
Central (Iowa). Si Melby Hall,
3:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball: Augsburg at
St Olaf, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Augsburg vs
Bethany Lutheran. Si Melby Hall,
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 17
Women's Basketball: Augsburg at
Northwestern-RoseviHe. 7:00 p.m.

Augsburg College
Holiday gift guide,
page 8
The College's Student-Produced Newspaper
Martha Marcy May Marlene,
page 7
Friday, December 9, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Volume CXV1II, Issue 10
No Hate Night
Lia Jacobson
StaffWriter
At MPIRG's "No Hate
Night," students sat in chairs and
couches gathered around the TV
in Christensen's student lounge.
Among the popcorn stand and lit
TV screen, people gathered to acknowledge a serious issue. It was
a night to discuss bullying, a topic
that many people find difficult to
address.
The event was organized by
MPIRG's Social Equity Group,
which is concerned with establishing social equality. The event
was organized with LGBTQIA
students in mind.
The students watched Bullied:
A Teaching Tolerance Documentary. It told the story of Jamie
Nabozny, a man who was relentlessly harassed and bullied for
being gay throughout junior high
and high school. After coming
out to his parents when he was a
young boy, he attended school in
Ashland, Wisconsin as openly gay,
only to be bullied to the point of
severe physical injury. Throughout
his time in school, he confronted
three members of his school's
administration, only to have his
bullies forgiven by his principal on
the terms that "boys will be boys."
After running away from
home twice and almost committing suicide, Nabozny sought the
help o( Lambda Legal Defense, a
law firm dedicated to protecting
the rights of LGBTQIA individuals across the country. Nabozny
successfully sued the school systems for $900,000 in 1996. The
school employees who ignored
his plight were convicted and
sentenced to terms in prison. His
victory led the way for a growing
movement working to improve the
counseling and protection for LGBTQIA children within American
schools.
After watching the documen-
Racial discrimination
on Augsburg's campus
Promise Okeke
StaffWriter
Racial discrimination on
campus has been an unpopular
topic here at Augsburg, but recent
developments have revealed that
"foul action" still creeps within
the boundaries of the college.
During the last meeting of
the Pan-Afrikan Student Union
(PASU) on December 5, students'
stories of discriminatory experiences were the big deal.
Lucreshia Grant, an alumnus
of the college confirmed this as
she told her own story. Grant had a
white friend of hers who was going
to sleep in the same room with her
before traveling to Mexico. When
her friend asked that they help
out two white friends by allowing
them Inside, she declined because
she was not in the position to do
so. The result? She was punched
in the face by her friend.
Grant said that when DPS
came to the scene, they started
accusing her of beating her friend
up, while the actual story was the
reverse of what DPS had accused
her of. "They asked me what I did
to provoke her." Grant was furious
with the question. She said "that
should not be a question to a victim." After DPS learned that the
friend was actually the instigator
of the squabble, they concluded
no one was wrong.
To Grant DPS officers have
never treated her with equality.
"This is not the-first time this has
happened to me. It was a repeat of
how they treated me in my freshman year." Grant alleges.
Grant had approached a girl
on her floor who she thought was
racist, and after some exchange of
words the girl became violent and
threatened to strike Grant with a
bottle. When DPS came to the
scene the girl had threatened to
kill Grant, but even after hearing of
it DPS still asked Grant the same
annoying question: "What did you
do to provoke her?"
Grant said, "If I was the one
that was found on the wrong end,
the college authorities could have
sent me packing."
"My officers are not racists,"
said Jesse Cashman, director of
DPS. "They make decisions based
on the information they received.
I am sorry if there are people
who think they do." Cashman has
headed DPS for only three months.
"Though I am new here and cannot verify these claims, I know
that my workers are graduates of
this college and are already used
to the mixed community here at
Augsburg."
Another black student shed
more light to racial discrimination
at Augsburg when he talked about
a professor who would always
ask him to tell the class the black
view of the particular subject in a
discussion. This black student said,
"I sent an email to him, telling him
how I felt about the way he treated
me in class. After some weeks 1
met him in the hallway, and he told
me he was actually a racist and had
been struggling with it for a long
time."
D'Angelo York, a student
here at Augsburg strengthened
the claim by sharing his own
experience. He had invited some
white friends over to his room
in Mortensen. After his friends
had consumed alcohol, they had
a an argument and a fight broke
between them. He tried separating
them.
Racial discrimination at Augsburg
continues on page 2 ►
tary, Augsburg students discussed
their own experiences with bullying. One student described confronting his own bully and asking
about the reasons he was targeted
as a victim. Another student shared
about the impact being a victim
of bullying had on him and how it
continued on through high school
just as it did with Jamie Nabozny.
Bullying and harassment of
photo b\ Lia Jacobs
LGBTQIA students within public and private schools is still a
prominent issue. Though more
schools than ever are providing
the counseling resources necessary
to combat such behavior among
pupils, there is still improvement
to be made, and progression is
achieved through the success of
cases such as Nabozny's.
Augsburg Feminist Collective
prepares for eventful year
Kathleen Watson
A&E Editor
Some people may hear the
word "feminist" and shudder;
other people may have a set of
preconceived notions about what
a feminist actually is. The other
f-word, feminism, has unnecessarily become taboo or troublesome in our current society. One
assumption is that all feminists are
bra-burning, man-hating, sexually
deviant women who are out to take
over the world.
But the true faces of feminism
are far more varied than those
stereotypes, and the Augsburg
Feminist Collective provides an
environment where people of all
backgrounds (regardless of gender,
race, religion, or political opinions) can discuss what feminism
means in our modern society.
The Augsburg Feminist Collective met last Thursday in the
Women's Resource Center. (Never
been there? Go to the second floor
of Sverdrup for free condoms,
pregnancy tests, tea, and more
information.) At this first meeting,
the group discussed its purpose
and goals for the year.
The group strives to create a
welcoming and inclusive environment to discuss issues pertaining
to gender, sexuality, and feminism. The group wants to foster
a community that is able to have
thoughtful conversations about
a variety of issues, including the
changing face of feminism. The
group decided to continue to use
the name Feminist Collective,
regardless of some of the negative
reactions to the word "feminist."
One common belief of the group
is that the word feminism needs to
be normalized in order to remove
feminism's negative connotations.
In other words, feminists should
be proud to identify as feminists
and should strive to create a more
public understanding of the feminist movement.
The meeting provided attendees with the opportunity to make
connections to others who may be
interested in forming discussion
groups that focus on pertinent
topics. Lily Morris and Kathleen
Watson will be holding an informal
discussion group over the winter
break in order to read and discuss
The Ethical Slut, which discusses
consensual non-monogamy as a
lifestyle. Anyone is welcome to
participate! If you are interested
in joining these conversations,
email morrisl@augsburg.edu or
watson3@augsburg.edu for more
information.
One issue discussed by the
Feminist Collective was the annual performance of Eve Ensler's
Vagina Monologues. The group
decided that the group's traditional
performance would take a different
shape this year. One goal of this
year's production will be to open
the project up to people of all genders and orientations. In order to
do so, the new performance project
will combine the works of feminist
performance artists with pieces
written by Augsburg students.
There will be a planning
meeting on Monday, December
12 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the
Women's Resource Center. If you
are interested in helping out in any
way, drop in for part of that time.
Anyone is welcome to bring ideas
to the planning session. Also,
if you have any questions about
the performance project this year,
please email watson3@augsburg.
edu.
Interested in becoming involved with the Feminist Collective? Join the group "Augsburg
Feminists" on Facebook!
Upcoming
Augsburg
71 Events
Monday, December 12
Late Night Breakfast
10:00p.m.- ll:30p.m.
Cafeteria
Please bring your Student ID
Tuesday, December 13
Free Yoga Class
12:00p.m.- 1:00p.m.
Wrestling Room,
Kennedy Center
Thursday, December IS
2011 Fine Arts Keystone
Presentation:
"Food For Thought...Community,
Connection, Support."
6:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m.
Basement.
Old Main
Food For Thought, a series of
visual arts and performance pieces
created by graduating seniors from
the Film, Music, Studio Arts and
Theatre departments, is based on
research on the famine in Somalia
that students conducted fall
semester.
Working in partnership with the
American Refugee Committee
(ARC) through a series of
presenters, interviews, online
articles, and films, students
compiled research and created
discipline specific work that
reflects their interpretations of the
famine.
Athletics
Saturday, December 10
Wrestling: Augsburg at St. Cloud
State Open, 9:00 a.m.
Wrestling: Augsburg White Team
at Wartburg (Iowa) Dick Walker
Invitational, 9:00 a.m.
Women's Hockey: Augsburg vs.
St. Benedict at Delano. Minn.,
1:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball: Augsburg vs.
Central (Iowa). Si Melby Hall,
3:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball: Augsburg at
St Olaf, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Augsburg vs
Bethany Lutheran. Si Melby Hall,
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 17
Women's Basketball: Augsburg at
Northwestern-RoseviHe. 7:00 p.m.